| Edgbaston Hall | |
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 The hall in August 2013 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Mansion |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Location | Edgbaston,Birmingham,England |
| Coordinates | 52°27′37″N1°55′03″W / 52.46022°N 1.91754°W /52.46022; -1.91754 |
| Completed | 1717 (1717) |
| Owner | Calthorpe Estates |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Awards and prizes | Grade II listed[1] |
Edgbaston Hall (grid referenceSP057847) is acountry house (albeit now in the middle of thecity) in theEdgbaston area ofBirmingham,England.
Since 1936, through negotiations initiated by TheBirmingham Civic Society with the owner, Calthorpe Estates, it has been theclubhouse for Edgbaston Golf Club. Edgbaston Hall, and its lodge house, areGrade II listed buildings.[1][2] The grounds, which includesEdgbaston Pool, are now divided into an 18-holegolf course and a nature reserve.[3][4]
Early in theCivil War, Edgbaston Hall, along withHawkesley House, now the site of a council housing estate in Longbridge, was a stronghold of ColonelJohn Fox, the so-called "Jovial Tinker". The Edgbaston Garrison musters from August 19, 1645 to April 30, 1646, can be found among the accounts of theWarwickshire County Committee, which was the Parliamentary Committee of accounts for the County, along with musters, warrants, levy assessments and other documents submitted by field officers and garrison commanders to be examined by the Committee. The garrison muster from 1645 lists about 40 soldiers and officers, including Thomas Rawlins, "a prisoner". The Edgbaston garrison troops had a fearsome reputation, making forays into the sounding villages for provisions and plunder and raiding rival royalist strongholds. They were highly mobile and so could be shifted around to augment the parliamentary garrisons atTamworth,Coventry andWarwick.[5]
In 1717,Sir Richard Gough purchased the hall fromThomas Belasyse, 3rd Viscount Fauconberg and began to have it rebuilt. In 1776, Sir Henry Gough commissionedCapability Brown to lay out the park. It was later home toWilliam Withering.[3]
